So, why do some Tarot decks have scenic illustrations for the Minor Arcana cards and some just suit symbols to count up? Historical Traditions Well, we started with playing cards using fancy illustrated trump cards in Renaissance Europe. The only deck that we know of with scenic numbered cards is the Sola Busca Tarot (which […]
The Energy Exchange: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q22
Q: Do you charge money (or other ways of compensation) for your readings/services? I actually do charge for professional Tarot readings (see my Readings page for details), and I have also done free readings as part of my work with the Tarot Association of the British Isles (TABI). Some folks think that we shouldn’t charge […]
Finding Your Cozy: Yule Tarot Blog Hop 2018
PREVIOUS BLOG | MASTER LIST | NEXT BLOG My new home has proven to be an important refuge from the busyness of my electronic world, and in the wet Oregon winter—Oh, look! Sunshine just now as I write!—warmth becomes as rare as sunshine. It’s not that cold here, really, compared to lots of other places, but the unremitting damp […]
Feeling into the Tarot: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q21
Q: How do you feel when you do readings? It’s a combination thing. It’s important that when I’m shuffling that I get my mind out of the way, breathe deeply, connect with those quantum fluctuations and the querent’s situation, not my own stuff. I try to focus on the querent’s name and a mental picture […]
Reading for Self vs. Others: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q20
Q: Do you read for yourself and/or for others? Why or why not? I started reading for myself back in 1999, and occasionally for husband or friends. Then I pretty much stopped until 2011, when I met a lovely lady originally from Yorkshire, who now lives in Caithness on the northern edges of Scotland. Sara […]
The Power of the Cards: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q19
Q: Do you feel/think the cards “think” or have their own consciousness? What do you believe makes the cards “tick?” (Is it magic/outside influences or all in the mind?) My belief system on this: Physics, actually. All aspects of the space-time fabric are connected, like threads in a tapestry, at quantum (very small) levels and […]
Connecting with My Cards: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q18
Q18: Do you feel a “connection” to your cards? Well, since I feel a quantum-level energetic connection to all matter in the universe, including the particles that make up Tarot cards, I suppose that’s literally true. Also true at the macro level of the cards being influenced by my and the querent’s psychic energies as the […]
Reversals: 30-Question Tarot Challenge Q17
Q: Do you do readings using reversals? Why or why not? I used to, if the deck creator used them in their guidance. I am generally a firm believer in respecting the tradition of the deck and its creators. I love to use the theme and mythology of the deck to guide the flavor of my […]
